Beijing anti-doping lab passes IOC annual review

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Beijing anti-doping lab passes IOC annual review

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China has been authorized to conduct anti-doping tests on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2004 after passing an IOC annual review for the 15th straight time, a Chinese anti-doping official said Monday in Beijing.

In a letter addressed to the Beijing-based China Anti-doping Testing Center, the IOC authorized the center "to perform anti-doping tests on behalf of the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency for the period," which runs from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004.

"It has been the 15th consecutive time that we passed the annual review," said Zhang Changjiu, chief of the medical researchinstitute of China's State Sports General Administration.

The Beijing-based center was among 30 anti-doping laboratories worldwide to take the review when they were asked to detect tracesof banned substances in a "test" by the IOC last October.

China Anti-doping Center duly produced the fully correct results after testing the nine urine samples provided by the IOC.

"We are asked to tell whether there were banned substances in the samples and what they were. All the results should be correct," Zhang said.

"Since the laboratory was recognized by the IOC in 1989, we have passed all the annual reviews, which speaks well for our capability," he added.

The Chinese anti-doping center, accredited by the ISO 17025, was granted the certification by the IOC in 1989 ahead of the 11thAsian Games in Beijing.

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